Coleridge was a drug addict. Poe was an alcoholic. Marlowe was killed by a man whom he was treacherously trying to stab. Pope took money to keep a woman's name out of a satire, then wrote a piece so that she could still be recognized, anyhow. Chatterton killed himself. Byron was accused of incest. Do you still want to a writer -and if so, why?

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Bennett Alfred Cerf (May 25 1898 – August 27 1971) was an American publiBennett Cerfr one of the founders of American publishing firm Random House.